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Meinig, Donald William was born on November 1, 1924 in Palouse, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
(This study discusses how an immense diversity of ethnic a...)
This study discusses how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups became sorted into a set of distinct regional societies in North America.
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The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography, 1805-1910 (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography, 1805-1910 (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) by Meinig, D W ( Author ) Paperback Oct- 1995 Paperback Oct- 01- 1995
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This is the third of four volumes in a series acclaimed by both historians and geographers for its breathtaking scope and originality. D. W. Meinig continues his riveting account of America’s interwoven history and geography, describing the expanding country’s development from the mid-nineteenth century to 1915. To accompany his interpretation of America’s geographic evolution, Meinig offers forty superb new maps and forty-five other illustrations. Each original map enhances our historical understanding of the patterns, features, and themes of American history. The book begins with the struggle over where to build the Pacific railway and fix the nation’s first transcontinental axis. Meinig portrays in detail the settlement of the diverse regions of the American West and how these many Wests” were incorporated into the growing nation. He then examines the South as an imperial province and the dominance of the American Core over an increasingly consolidated nation. In conclusion, the author considers America’s imperial pressures upon Canada and Mexico, the country’s overt expansions in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and the Panama Canal as a transcontinental completion.
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(The study of the cultural meaning of landscapes is of inc...)
The study of the cultural meaning of landscapes is of increasing interest in several fields. This book attempts to open up the subject to a wider audience, and is the first to deal with the basic principles of reading the landscape'.
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Imperial Texas examines the development of Texas as a human region, from the simple outline of the Spanish colony to the complex patterns of the modern state. In this study in cultural geography set into a historical framework, D. W. Meinig, professor of geography at Syracuse University, discusses the "various peoples of Texas, who they are, where they came from, where they settled, and how they are proportioned one to another from place to place." After examining the historical framework, he then presents detailed analyses of the major regions of modem Texas and an over-all characterization of the state and its people. He concludes that, although Texas has never been the empire that it has sometimes been called, "nevertheless... Texas is something more than just one-fourteenth of the American area, one-twentieth of the American people, and one-fiftieth of the American union."
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In this volume, the second in a series, D.W. Meinig provides a fresh interpretation of the American past, bringing his special geographical perspective to the years between 1800 and 1867, the period when the nation experienced a dramatic expansion in territory, population, economy, and political tension that culminated in the Civil War. As in his first volume, "Atlantic America", Meinig assesses the characteristics of regions and political territories and the relations among them, examining the dual roles played by geopolitics and ethnoculture in the shaping of the United States. Meinig emphasizes the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictability of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues. He discusses, for example, Jefferson's options regarding the Louisiana Purchase and the effects of his decisions on the Louisianians, and later controversies about US pressures on Mexico and Cuba. He carefully traces the expansion of distinct regional societies and the social and geographical repositioning of various peoples (Indians, African-Americans, and subgroups of each). He describes and assesses the emerging patterns of cities, waterways, roads, railways, and attempts at national planning. And he presents the geopolitical alternatives considered in dealing with initial secessions, and the ragged tearing apart of the nation in 1861. Throughout, Meinig places the United States in its broader North American context, focusing on its relations with Canada, Mexico and the West Indies. It is illustrated with maps, plans, and scenes, many of which were specially prepared for the book.
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Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open country that covers the interior parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is today one of the richest farmlands in the nation. This work is the story of its transformation. Meinig traces all of the aspects of its development by combining geographic description with historical narrative.
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Meinig, Donald William was born on November 1, 1924 in Palouse, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Georgetown University, 1948. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1953.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Syracuse University, 1994.
From assistant professor to associate professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1950-1959;
associate professor geography, Syracuse University, New York, 1959-1973;
Maxwell professor geography, Syracuse University, New York, 1973-1989;
Maxwell research professor, Syracuse University, since 1990. Lecturer St. Andrews U., Scotland, 1973, Charles Homer Haskins lecturer American Council of Learned Societies, 1992. Visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1974.
Advisory editor Wadsworth Public Company, 1957-1961, Harper & Row, New York City, 1965-1983. Chief editorial consultant National Geography Society, Washington, 1982-1988. Councilor American Geography Society, 1993-1996.
(The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography, 1805-19...)
(Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open...)
( When Volume 1 of Donald Meinig's sweeping history of A...)
( Imperial Texas examines the development of Texas as a h...)
(This study discusses how an immense diversity of ethnic a...)
( This entirely fresh interpretation of American history...)
( This is the third of four volumes in a series acclaimed...)
(The study of the cultural meaning of landscapes is of inc...)
(In this volume, the second in a series, D.W. Meinig provi...)
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Member New York Council for Humanities, 1979-1986. Served to Second lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow British Academy (correspondent).
Member Association American Geographers (councilor 1965-1967, Meritorious Contribution award 1965, Presidential Achievement award 2005, John Brinkerhoff Jackson award 2005), American Antiquarian Society.
S William August and Annie (Malsed) M. Married Lee McAuliffe, June 29, 1946. Children: Laurel, Kristin, Lee.